Would you rather live 100 years in the past or 100 years in the future?
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- “I agree with ________ because…”
- “I like what ________ said because…”
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- “I disagree with ________ because…”
- “I’m not sure I agree with ________ because…”
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- “This is relevant to my life because…”
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- “The basic idea here is…”
- “In summary, this says that…”
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- “I want to add to what ________ said…”
- “To expand on what ________ said…”
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24 Responses
I would rather live 100 years in the future because I feel like everything would be more simple in the future, like doing chores or driving, or even just technology. That’s why I would live in the future.
I agree with Kevin because everything would be simplified with the new tech.
I would rather live 100 years in the future, because if you live 100 years in the past then you’re just reliving what already happened. So I would rather live 100 in the future because new events will happen and new surprises.
I agree with Niylah, but on the other hand, you wouldn’t have been alive 100 years ago, so you would be experiencing it as if it were new.
I agree with Niylah because we would recreate the past and be a nobody and we never knew what the future is going to be like.
I disagree with Niylah because 100 years in the furture my family could be dead.
I would rather live 100 years in the future. Because I wanna see what the future will be like. And everything would be easier like driving or doing chores.
I rather the past because I had a lot of good memories with my uncle that passed away. Another reason why I will want to go to the pass is because i want to go to Mexico again and have a lot of fun. A last reason why I will go to the past is because when all my brothers lived at my house.
I agree with Kamila because you could see our family that passed or make fun times.
“Would you rather live 100 years in the past or, 100 years in the future.” I would rather go 100 years in the future because my grandparents have already told me what it is like so I would like to see what is in the future. The reason why I would go to the future is because I have never thought of the future.
I would prefer to live 100 years in the past because I could be with my loved ones or experience things or know things that I had not experienced in life.
I agree with Luz because loved ones
I would rather live 100 years in the past because laws were less strict and I can sense I’m a kid I could do what ever I want and have my own horse also find all different species and I can be a cowboy and race and I can own a lot of guns.
I agree with Daniel C because we could do a lot more things without laws.
I would rather live 100 years in the past. Because it doesn’t say what past we could live in so I could be with my grandpa and spend more time with him also i wanna see how it was back then.
“I agree with Danna because I would also like to have spent many more moments with my grandfather or loved ones and see what it was like before.”
I would rather go to the past because I would want to see my grandma. I was never able to see her because I was not born yet and she had died. And I would want to see what type of person she is. So that is why I would rather go to the past.
I agree to go to the past because we would all get to see our loved ones. {we don’t say died, we say passed on}
I would rather go to the future because I would rature see how it is like in 100 years. I would also go to the future because i would be able to see what happens in serten events that take place. My last resone I would go to the future is because I would want to see who some people lifes end up.
I would rather live 100 years in the future because of the living conditions 100 years ago. 100 years ago there were wars, the great depression, and old technology. Meanwhile, 100 years in the future won’t have outdated tech, It will have smarter people, and it is unlikely for a war to happen.
I would rather go to 100 years in that past to spy on my parents to see if their stories are true. They always say things that sound fake. That is why I would rather do.
“I like what Rudy said because I would also like to know if his stories are true or false.”
I would rather live 100 years in the future because I think that there will be a lot of cool things in the future. I can also warn people to do or to not do things that will either ruin their lives or just in general to not do it. I think that it will be cooler to be the future to see what will happen.
Would you rather live 100 years in the past because childhood is very nice because your cousins when they are little like 11 or 10 or 9 still play with us that is why I prefer because childhood is nice….. well that is why I prefer childhood because childhood is nice.